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==== Use of a related pair of names for prime-limit and subgroup temperaments ==== | ==== Use of a related pair of names for prime-limit and subgroup temperaments ==== | ||
It is often useful to investigate the implied full-prime-limit temperament as well as the subgroup temperaments for a comma, especially in the higher limits where there is a shift of interest towards the subgroups. The following practice was established around 2022–2023 when many higher-limit commas were getting named: if a comma | It is often useful to investigate the implied full-prime-limit temperament as well as the subgroup temperaments for a comma, especially in the higher limits where there is a shift of interest towards the subgroups. The following practice was established around 2022–2023 when many higher-limit commas were getting named: if a comma's name ends in ''-isma'', then the temperament which tempers out this comma in the minimal [[prime subgroup]] containing that comma should end in ''-ic'' and the temperament which tempers out the this comma in the minimal [[prime limit]] containing that comma should end in ''-ismic''. However, that was not the only pattern in use. Below are tabulated all the widely observed and established patterns, known as ''declensions''. | ||
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| 2 || -ia || -ic || -ian || -ic comma | | 2 || -ia || -ic || -ian || -ic comma | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 3 || - | | 3 || -ton || -tonic || -ty || -ty comma | ||
|} | |} | ||
A comma page should ideally always include a mention of both the minimal-prime-subgroup and full-prime-limit temperaments. The temperaments and obvious and/or strong extensions may be discussed either there or on linked-to dedicated pages. | A comma page should ideally always include a mention of both the minimal-prime-subgroup and full-prime-limit temperaments. The temperaments and obvious and/or strong extensions may be discussed either there or on linked-to dedicated pages. | ||
=== Contemporary rules === | === Contemporary rules === | ||